A Life Worth Living: Acting, Activism and Everything Else

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The secret to confident public speaking, he says, "Is just to say what really is on your mind. And to explore and try to express your feelings a bit more." EMMA- Do you adapt the guitar in any way or do you put anything on your arm or anything like that to help you? Recalling one of his early theatre performances, he adds: "It was a huge feeling to make the audience laugh and cry and shout and swear, and all for the love of it."

Does he ever get nervous before doing public speaking? "Not really. It’s quite rare that I do get nervous. The adrenalin rush will be pumping!"Writing his own is another step in his "mission" to debunk myths around learning disabilities and show that everyone has the right to follow their talents and passions. British actor and Line of Duty star Tommy Jessop has today been announced as the latest Ambassador for Mencap - a UK learning disability A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things. charity.

Television roles also include LINE OF DUTY, CASUALTY, HOLBY CITY, MONROE, and DOCTORS. In short films his roles include playing a boxer, a thief and a fisherman He is hungry to portray more roles with a range of emotions including comedy. Two years on Tommy is set to air his new documentary that inspires the idea that people with Down's syndrome can play heroes and leading roles after struggling to find one in real life. The documentary is a heart-warming and influential show inspired from real life. Family life

Hampshire Line of Duty star Tommy Jessop to publish his first book this summer

His next project, Radical Beauty, is a series of high-fashion photographs of individuals with Down’s syndrome taken around the world, which will be released as a coffee-table book and major touring exhibition in 2022. His simple words of counsel when his artists face marginalisation? “Listen, this is avant garde – and the world is a bit slow.” It seems it may be catching up at last. New faces: meet the game changers Tommy was the first professional actor with Down’s syndrome to play a leading role in a primetime TV drama, BBC1’s BAFTA nominated COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN and the first to play HAMLET (touring theatre).